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Regenerative Agriculture and Direct Drilling
Regen Ag General Discussion
Does Direct Drilling actually save money
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<blockquote data-quote="Clive" data-source="post: 5767576" data-attributes="member: 6"><p>To answer you numbered points</p><p></p><p>1 yes</p><p>2 yes</p><p></p><p></p><p>Brexit proof ? well that depends on what Brexit actually end up being I guess. What I do know is I can't see how else to farm profitably under unless you have no rent / finance under any other arable system. If we had no sub we wouldn't go out pf business, 10 years ago we wouldn't have lasted 12 months without it !</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm speaking a AHDB monitor farm tomorrow and have some costing comparisons I did earlier on my old min-till system vs zero till (5yr averages of both systems)- looking specifically at OSR profit before rent and finance the difference is a rather shocking 425% improvement !</p><p></p><p>Im also not sure why there is a perception that no-till means lower yields - its certainly not what I have seen and there is no logical reason that can't be managed correctly to make sure thats not the case</p><p></p><p>BUT ...................... you have to do it right, and that doesn't mean rushing out buying a new fancy drill and load of kit continuing to perform multiple passes to make it work ! you will not save money that way, it starts with a fundamental ground up change of farming system, rotation, nutrition, agronomy, labour and machinery profiles</p><p></p><p>Management is easier in some respects but harder in others, its certainly less physical work / time spent in cabs but there is a higher investment in management time and re educating yourself</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clive, post: 5767576, member: 6"] To answer you numbered points 1 yes 2 yes Brexit proof ? well that depends on what Brexit actually end up being I guess. What I do know is I can't see how else to farm profitably under unless you have no rent / finance under any other arable system. If we had no sub we wouldn't go out pf business, 10 years ago we wouldn't have lasted 12 months without it ! I'm speaking a AHDB monitor farm tomorrow and have some costing comparisons I did earlier on my old min-till system vs zero till (5yr averages of both systems)- looking specifically at OSR profit before rent and finance the difference is a rather shocking 425% improvement ! Im also not sure why there is a perception that no-till means lower yields - its certainly not what I have seen and there is no logical reason that can't be managed correctly to make sure thats not the case BUT ...................... you have to do it right, and that doesn't mean rushing out buying a new fancy drill and load of kit continuing to perform multiple passes to make it work ! you will not save money that way, it starts with a fundamental ground up change of farming system, rotation, nutrition, agronomy, labour and machinery profiles Management is easier in some respects but harder in others, its certainly less physical work / time spent in cabs but there is a higher investment in management time and re educating yourself [/QUOTE]
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